Concussion issue rife with hypocrisy Boston Herald Rick Burkholder is an example of why the present system doesn't work in the NFL when the issue is A Concussion vs. The Moment. ... |
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Concussion issue rife with hypocrisy - Boston Herald
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Solutia completes sale of nylon business - Triangle Business Journal:
The sale includes the unit’s managemenyt and employees, as well as all five of its manufacturingt plantsin Alvin, Texas; Decatur, Ala.; Greenwood, S.C.; Fla.; and Foley, Ala. The nylon business includes 2,009 of Solutia's 5,100 employees. All 2,000, includingy 29 in St. Louis, became employeesd of the SK Capital SK Capital paidSolutia $50 million in cash for the nylonb assets. Solutia also received a 2 perceng equity stake in the new company formed to hold the assets of thenylon business. In addition, Solutia will receive $4 million in deferred cash paymentxs to be paid inannual $1 million installments beginninhg in 2011.
SK Capital has secured replacementof $25 milliojn of letters of credit associated with the nylon which has resulted in increased availability for Solutisa under its credit agreements. The affiliate of SK Capital will assume substantially all of the liabilities of thenylobn business, including employee and pension liabilitiees relating to the activw employees of the business and environmentakl liabilities, said Solutia, which plans to use the proceedds of the sale to pay down debt undef its asset-based revolving credit facility. St. Louis-based Solutia Inc.
SOA), led by Chairman, President and CEO Jeffry Quinn, develops specialtyg chemicals, fibers, fluids and other performance
Monday, September 27, 2010
SunTrust to raise $1.4 billion in stock offer - Pittsburgh Business Times:
billion through a stock offering to boosft its capital to meet federalgovernment requirements, the Atlanta-based bank said The Atlanta-based bank wants to sell 108 milliohn shares at $13 a share. In relatio to the offering, SunTrust (NYSE: STI) suspendedr its previously announced $1.25 billion “at the offer, which raised $260 Further, SunTrust began an offet to buy upto $1 billion liquidation preferencwe or amount of certain of its currentlyg outstanding preferred and hybrid securities for cash usinyg proceeds from the $1.4 billion equithy offering. The moves come aftee the federal government’s “stress found SunTrust needed toraisd $2.2 billion in capital.
And whilee SunTrust had sufficient tier 1 capital to absorb projectefdloan losses, its capital “tilted too to sources other than common equity, the stress test After completing the offerings announceed Monday and prior, SunTrust expects to have fully satisfied its "Today's announcement underscores that we are on a cleadr path to achieve our previously announced capital objectives as we intensify our focusa on the future," said James M. Wells III, SunTrusg chairman and CEO, in a statement.
Wells also noted completiojn ofthe company's capital-related initiatives will boost its ability to upon regulatory approval and at the appropriatwe time, preferred stock gotten through participation in the U.S. Treasury's Capital Purchasse Plan.
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Hundreds Turn In Prescription Drugs - LocalNews8.com
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Friday, September 24, 2010
Traveling film project stops in ABQ - New Mexico Business Weekly:
The Two-week Turnaround Tour, or T3 as its creatorss call it, will visit 14 cities in seven It’s part of Filmblazer, a community of peoplde who love filmmaking. Founders Joshua J. Mille and Jamie Blankenship roll into a city for two weekzs in their RV with all theif film equipment and proceedto write, shoot and scree n a short film in just two weeks. But the procesx is collaborative, so they invitr widespread participation in each city they TheAlbuquerque kick-off is June 2 at Studioi Broadway, 1810 Broadway Ave. SE, at 7 p.m. More informatioj is available at theT3 .
The processd is open to anyone, from actorsw and script writers to people who want to feed the masse s duringthe two-week process or who have accesse to props or even a coffew shop. The subject of each film is differentt for each city and is inspired by the resourcex and locations available to the T3 The production obtains local sponsors in each city so that the work is a reflectiomn of aparticular city.
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Big Gaels receiver sidelined following injury - The Kingston Whig-Standard
Big Gaels receiver sidelined following injury The Kingston Whig-Standard Gaels head coach Pat Sheahan confirmed on Tuesday that Chris Ioannides, a fifth-year player, will be lost for a significant amount of time. ... |
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Furor builds over 'anti-terror' bulletins - Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Main Line | Furor builds over 'anti-terror' bulletins Pittsburgh Post Gazette HARRISBURG -- The "anti-terrorism" bulletins circulated by the state Office of Homeland ... Group hired to provide intelligence for Pa. tracked array of activists Cranberry lawmaker asks why his r » |
Monday, September 20, 2010
Famous Dave's director leaves to become Boston Market CEO - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:
Arras — who has been CEO since 2007 when investment firm ofBoca Fla., bought the Golden-baserd chain from McDonald’s Corp. — has resignef “to pursue other interests,” the compangy said in a statement. Cardwell assumes the CEO positiobn immediately. The company described Cardwellp asa 30-year restaurant industry veteran. He served for severao months earlier this year as interim CEO ofFamou Dave’s. The Eden Prairie, Minn.-baser barbecue chain said Friday that Cardwell has resignes from its boardof directors.
Cardwell formerly servexd as chief administrative officer and then CEOof Dallas-based Eatzi’s Market and Bakery, a unit of Brinkerd International, and was an executive with S&Aq Restaurant Corp. He has been on several corporate including thoseof P.F. Chang’s China Bistro, Taco Bueno, Fishbowl Marketing and Order “I am enthusiastic about joining Boston Marketf and believe the company has stronb potential to expand its market positionb inthe fast-casual category by offerinfg our customers an even better experience,” Cardwell said in a statemenft Friday.
“I look forward to working closely withBostonh Market’s management and associates to achieves this goal.” McDonald’s bought the previouslt independent Boston Market formerly known as Boston Chicken — in paying $173.5 million. The compan was founded in Massachusetts in 1985 and moved to Goldenin 1994. Bostonb Market says it has 530 locations in28
Saturday, September 18, 2010
Google App for BlackBerry Updated with GMail, Docs Search - IntoMobile
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Friday, September 17, 2010
Aurora opening Summit clinic early - Dallas Business Journal:
The Aurora Wilkinson Medicap Clinic will open October 26 and will replac the current Aurora Wilkinson Medical Clinic at 915Summity Ave. in Oconomowoc, although urgent care services will continu e to beoffered there. The new clinifc also will replace the AurorwaWilkinson Women’s Center and the Aurora Visiom Center, both currently in Oconomowoc. The otheer Aurora Wilkinson Medical Cliniclocationz – in Hartland, Dousman, Wales and Waukesha – will continude to serve patients. “October 26 will represent the star of a new era in health care inthis area,” said Dr. Davisd Ulery, president of Aurora Wilkinso Medical Clinic.
“The opening of our new clinic and cancere center will move us closer to a fullu integrated system of care for the people of westerhWaukesha County.” Meanwhile, the hospital part of the project remains on schedule to open in early Aurora officials said. The Wilkinson clinivc will open at the same time as the new Vince Lombardii Cancer Clinic on theSummit campus. The new Aurorza Medical Center campus in the Town of Summif is at the southeast corner of Interstatee 94 andHighway 67.
The new Aurora Wilkinson Medical Clinic will be on the west side of the and the new Vince Lombardi Cancer Clinic is on thesouth
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Board of Education plans meeting on specialized programs - The Herald-Mail
Board of Education plans meeting on specialized programs The Herald-Mail A general information session about K-12 academy, specialized, signature and magnet programs for Washington County Public Schools will be Wednesday from 6 ... |
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Janelia Farm Research Campus to expand - Orlando Business Journal:
The plans call for the Chevy Chasre nonprofit institute to build new temporary campus housing for graduate postdoctoral researchers and visiting scientists near the main entranced of its first standalonweresearch campus, a 689-acre expanse that opened thre e years ago as the first of its kind in Northerhn Virginia. The project, entailing 60 new one-bedroom is meant to help the research institute attractt more scientific talent from around the world toits 240-stronb staff. “Graduate students and post docs are with us for a relativelyy short period of time and they placde a high value on livingg close totheir laboratories,” said Gerry Rubin, Janelia Farm’s director.
This marks the firsyt major expansion forJanelia Farm, touted as a $500 milliob biomedical crown jewel for Northern Virginia, and a rare construction projecr in an otherwise gloomy commercial real estats market hit hard by the recession. WDG Architecture of D.C., is helping design the new 80,000-square-foot building, whicg will boast the same curved shape asthe campus’ glass-walled research building. Ashburn-based Dietzd Construction Group willoversee construction, expected to begimn this Labor Day weekenf and be complete in a year’s time. The four-story building will include a ground floor with commoh areas and covered parking for 61 all topped by threeresidential floors.
Each floor, incorporating natural light and loft-like configurations, will contain 20 one-bedroom apartments, most including an additional den. They will join Janelia Farm’s housing village, already composerd of 21 studios and32 multi-bedrooj apartments and by now full occupied by visiting staffers. The institutes will charge the short-term residents rent to help cove r monthly expenses of thenew “It is intended to break said Avice Meehan, institute spokeswoman.
“There’s no immediate planx for additionalhousing [after this This will satisfy our needs for some time to The Howard Hughes institute has applied for up to $23 million in tax-exempt bonds with the Loudoun County Industrial Developmentg Authority to finance the apartment buildingt project and related costs -- an applicatiom that must also go before the Loudouhn County Board of Supervisors. With a $17.5 billion endowment, Howars Hughes Medical Institutefunds long-term biomedical researchy by its 2,400 scientist employeesd or collaborators nationwide, to the tune of $658 million last fiscakl year alone.
Janelia Farm, anticipating to be fully staffed in the next two spentroughly $100 million on research projectws and operations last fiscao year.
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Underground fire breaks out in Little Italy - Baltimore Sun
ABC2 News | Underground fire breaks out in Little Italy Baltimore Sun ... Sun Firefighters blocked the intersection of High and Fawn streets in Little Italy Sunday morning after a fire broke out in an underground conduit. ... Fire Knocks Out Power In Little Italy |
Saturday, September 11, 2010
D'Alessandro: Rep. Lynch is doing disservice to district - NECN
D'Alessandro: Rep. Lynch is doing disservice to district NECN "His no vote on health care, his vote to continue to fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, I believe are doing a disservice to the voters of this district. ... |
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Retailer, Wine Loft to open in Gulch - Nashville Business Journal:
The Nashville Clothing Co. will move from its West End locatiob to a storefront in the Icon developmentg inearly June. Tiffany owner and founder of Nashville Clothing Company, says the growingh community in the Gulch “is a perfect fit for the reasonablgy priced, alternative and indy vibe of clothinyg we offer.” The Wine Loft will fill the former locatioj of Bar 23, between and Watermark. The concepg was founded in New Orleansw by Jason and Melissa Doylein 2002, aftert a trip to the Californiwa wine country. The concept is now a nationallyh franchised business with offerings that include wineeducationn courses, afternoon happy hours and monthluy social events.
The bar will open in mid-June, with a grand openinvg planned forJuly 17. Jay Turner, managing directort of MarketStreet Enterprises, says he’ss been working to bring The Wine Loft to The Gulcyh since he first sawthe concept.
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Jury awards $11M to former McKesson rep - Phoenix Business Journal:
The division of medical giant took Phoenix medical equipment and pharma salesman Carmen Caccavale to court in claiming he had violated some trade After working for seven years at Caccavale had taken a job with HenrhySchein Inc., a medical supply U.S. District Court Judge Susan Boltondismissef McKesson’s suit in December. Caccavale had not signex a noncompete contract, said Mark Fuller, an attorney with the Phoenizx law firmGallagher & Kenned y PA, which represents Caccavale and “It was sort of a trade secret Fuller said of McKesson’s unsuccessfuol claim.
Fuller said his clientas then countersued McKesson, sayingt the San Francisco-based medical and healthh care supplies firm abused the legal process in goiny after its former McKesson spokesman James Larkin said the company planw to appealthe award, which was handed down May 20 by a U.S. Districy Court jury in Phoenix. “We believe the verdict againsrMcKesson Medical-Surgical Inc. was wrong based on both the facts of the case andthe law, and we intende to appeal,” Larkin said. Caccavaler was awarded $5 million and Melville, N.Y.-based Scheibn was awarded $6 million, Fuller said.
Monday, September 6, 2010
Sunday, September 5, 2010
Another loss scuttles plans - Boston Globe
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Friday, September 3, 2010
Migrant massacre shakes Central America - Los Angeles Times
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Thursday, September 2, 2010
Scheme's moral hazards snare Government - and taxpayers - Stuff.co.nz
Stuff.co.nz | Scheme's moral hazards snare Government - and taxpayers Stuff.co.nz IF FINANCE companies and other non-bank lenders were not included, there could similarly be a tsunami of cash out of them and into the guaranteed banks that ... Editorial: Failure of imagination in guarantee scheme Shareholders' cupboard bare New Zealand Treasury Broadens Scope Of Retail Deposit Guarantee Scheme |